As we approach Christmas and think of God who humbly made himself vulnerable in the form of a baby, it’s surely great timing that the next episode in the Preachit podcast is with Zack Eswine on the role of vulnerability in preaching. After discussing his book, The Imperfect Pastor, we talk about the temptation to greatness and how preachers can easily fall into this temptation without recognising it. We then move on to the topic of vulnerablility: what it means to be vulnerable, the pressure to look and sound good in the pulpit, vulnerablity in the Bible—and how concealing who we are while preaching actually puts us out of sink with the Bible—and why it’s important for preachers to be vulnerable. Whether you are a preacher or not, I know you’ll be encouraged by what Zack has to say and drawn to the lovely grace of God as you listen.

Find out more about Zack here: https://www.sagechristianity.com/about-1

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On this episode of the Preachit podcast is the delightful Kara Martin. Kara has a wonderfully broad background, even in TV, which has shaped her as an author, lecturer, speaker, mentor, and coach. However, she is best known for her work on “workship,” two of her books being nominated for Australian book of the year. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode and the gist of both episodes is on how to preach for the whole of life. What does that mean? In short, preaching should address the kind of real-life everyday situations that we all face, and yet so often sermons can tend to ‘spiritualise’ things so much that we are left either feeling ill-equipped for everyday life real world situations, or perhaps left feeling that God doesn’t care about what I do during the week doing.

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On this episode of the Preachit podcast is the delightful Kara Martin. Kara has a wonderfully broad background, even in TV, which has shaped her as an author, lecturer, speaker, mentor, and coach. However, she is best known for her work on “workship,” two of her books being nominated for Australian book of the year. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode and the gist of both episodes is on how to preach for the whole of life. What does that mean? In short, preaching should address the kind of real-life everyday situations that we all face, and yet so often sermons can tend to ‘spiritualise’ things so much that we are left either feeling ill-equipped for everyday life real world situations, or perhaps left feeling that God doesn’t care about what I do during the week doing.

Check out Kara's work at https://www.workship.com.au/

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This is the second part of a two part episode on the role of creativity in preaching with Jonathan Dove, Senior pastor of Gracecity Church, and Graham Blaikie, Long Story Short. There’s lots of practical stuff here. We hear more examples of creativity in preaching, including first-person monologue, or dramatic preaching, as well as examples from Graham and Jonathan’s own preaching. We discuss a variety of ways in which we can foster our own creativity in preaching, including the role that teamwork can play in sermon preparation, and what to do if we’re stuck for creative ideas. We also talk about the role and importance of storytelling in preaching, especially the biblical stories; and the power that creativity has to engage and pull people in.

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In this first part of a two-part episode Alan talks with Jonathan Dove (Senior Pastor of Gracecity Church, Auckland) and Graham Blaikie (Long Story Short) on the place of creativity in preaching. The conversation revolves around what is meant by creativity in preaching, examples of creativity in the Bible and how employing creative methods in preaching can help us engage the audience and communicate truth in ways in which propositional preaching can’t. Other discussion points include why people are sometimes scared of creativity in preaching and the use of props in preaching.

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This episode is part 2 of the conversation that Alan had with Darrell Bock on how to preach the Gospels.

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In this episode, the first part of a 2 part conversation, Alan talks to Darrell Bock on how to preach the Gospels. The discussion covers such things as why preaching from John is often preferred over the Synoptic Gospels, the challenges of preaching the Synoptics, should we be harmonising (“flattening”) Gospel accounts when we preach? How should we understand the kingdom? To what extent does Paul inform how we understand the Gospels? The effects of peer pressure on preaching, the importance of context and correlation.

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In this episode Alan demonstrates how Christ-centered preaching works to transform God’s people. He looks at how transformation takes place, noting in particular the role of grace, worship, the Holy Spirit, and the love of Christ.

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Alan is joined by Mike Raiter, Director of the Centre for Biblical Preaching in Melbourne, to discuss the meaning and importance of Christ centred preaching. You can check out more of what Mike does at www.cbp.org.au

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Alan is joined by Michael Jensen and Megan Powell du Toit from the “With All Due Respect” podcast to discuss whether preaching is still important. Are conversations in small groups more transformational? How does accessing sermons online affect or alter the worth of preaching in person? All this and more during this conversation!

Check out Michael and Megan at https://thewadrproject.com

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